Chelsea v West Bromwich Albion: squad sheets

West Bromwich Albion have become regular executioners for recent Chelsea managers, defeats inflicted at the Hawthorns having effectively done for André Villas-Boas and Roberto Di Matteo. Now the hat-trick actually appears on if Steve Clarke's return to Stamford Bridge yields a third successive league success. The atmosphere will be poisonous, the venom spat at Rafael Benítez after his midweek criticisms of fans for having "damaging agendas". Those agendas will feel all the more exposed now, particularly if Chelsea fail to secure a win to move them back into third, if potentially only for 24 hours. Dominic Fifield